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Dec 1, 2001,
By Scott Wilkinson
A microphone's job is simple: it converts an acoustic sound into an electrical signal that corresponds to the original waveform as closely as possible....
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Nov 1, 2001,
By Michael Cooper
Learn how to tune your studio's control room for flatter frequency response....
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Nov 1, 2001,
By Michael Cooper
In 1980, James Demeter was thumbing through a tube-electronics book when he stumbled upon the schematic for a cathode follower circuit. That circuit would...
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Nov 1, 2001,
By Alan Gary Campbell
You have the band's home page up. The counter works. You've even sold some CDs. You're about to breathe a sigh of relief, but then you sense them coming:...
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Oct 1, 2001,
By Mike Sokol
So you've bitten the proverbial bullet and installed a mixer or workstation software application with surround panners, set up a 5.1 monitoring system,...
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Sep 1, 2001,
by Eric and Haren Bell
It's time to deliver your music to that huge online audience you know is out there...in cyberspace....
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Sep 1, 2001,
By Myles Boisen
In a perfect world, every device in your studio racks would integrate seamlessly with its neighbors, your levels would always be hot without a hint of...
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Sep 1, 2001,
Peter Hamlin
Posting audio on your Web site involves three easy steps. First, create the sound file in an appropriate format. Next, transfer that audio file to your...
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Aug 1, 2001,
By Myles Boisen with Cary Sheldon
For some engineers, all it takes is a glimpse of vocal session, 3 p.m. on the day's studio calendar to make their shoulders tighten and skin turn red....
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Aug 1, 2001,
By Michael Cooper
Although the MPX 500 and, to a much lesser extent, the MPX 100 let you edit parameters to dial in custom effects, trailblazing beyond presets can be difficult because of an almost complete lack of documentation about those parameters....
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Aug 1, 2001,
By Scott Wilkinson
Among the most misused audio terms are volume, level, and gain. During the past 15 years, many fundamental music-technology concepts have been explained...
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Jul 1, 2001,
Larry The O
Use the right shortcuts to get more work done with less effort. Every time you have to redo a task or repeat a series of actions, you probably wonder...
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Jul 1, 2001,
By Myles Boisen
Before the Internet, e-commerce, and Napster, if you wanted a record, you had to go to a record store and buy it. If your tastes ran to music more challenging...
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Jun 1, 2001,
BY MIKE SOKOL
Mixing in surround doesn't mean you have to take out a second mortgage. EM goes shopping at retail electronics stores for affordable consumer receivers and subwoofers that are well suited for surround applications....
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Jun 1, 2001,
BY KAREN STACKPOLE
The cabling spaghetti found in most personal studios conjures a present-day Medusa. But you can overcome Medusa without turning to stone if you follow the advice of experienced studio professionals. Here's how to avoid the most common pitfalls when making connections in any studio, no matter what its size....
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Jun 1, 2001,
By Scott Wilkinson
The secrets of electricity revealed. During the past 15 years, many fundamental music-technology concepts have been explained in Square One (originally...
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Jun 1, 2001,
By Mary Cosola
Should you sign a music-publishing deal or go it alone?...
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May 1, 2001,
By Mike Sokol
A wealth of choices can be a blessing and a curse. Wouldn't you know it? Just when recording engineers have mixing in stereo down cold, 5.1-channel surround...
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Sep 1, 2000,
Mike Levine
A session Eddie kramer. On a cold Sunday afternoon in New York City, legendary engineer and producer Eddie Kramer walked into the "SSL Room" at the SAE...
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Jun 1, 2000,
By Erik Hawkins
The wacky undersea world of SpongeBob SquarePants, Nickelodeon's first original Saturday-morning cartoon, is officially a hit. Recently touted by TV Guide...
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